Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

Astronomers have described the first measurements of plasma layers within an interstellar shock wave that surrounds a pulsar.

Discovering plasma structures in the Local Bubble with powerful radio telescopes challenges existing theories of interstellar ...

The good news is, you don't need a fancy DSLR or a telescope ... you can take night sky photos that are seriously scroll-stopping. Whether you're out camping, road-tripping through the countryside ...

Analysis: From meteor showers to constellations, here's what you need to know about observing the summer sky using the unaided eye and binoculars The summer sky at night from Ireland offers a ...

The interstellar plasma is turbulent and scatters pulsar radio waves slightly away from a direct, straight line path. The scattered waves create a pattern of bright and dim patches that drifts over ...

illuminated by stars shining in the night sky. Peeking out through the open roof is the white frame of the telescope's main structure that will support its optical equipment, including its primary ...

According to Sky and Telescope magazine, "Chinese court astronomers reported a Lyrid outburst on March 16, 687 BC when 'in the middle of the night, stars fell like rain.'" During the last outburst, in ...

According to Sky and Telescope magazine, "Chinese court astronomers reported a Lyrid outburst on March 16, 687 BC when 'in the middle of the night, stars fell like rain.'" During the last outburst ...

But tonight, a rare astronomical display will take this to new levels - as an extraterrestrial emojii forms in the night sky ... The planets pass through the same area of sky where we see the ...